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(NewsNation) — NewsNation's Alex Caprariello and Ashleigh Banfield spoke exclusively with situation inmates who called for UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting fishy Luigi Mangione to beryllium transferred to Rikers Island successful New York City.
The inmates yelled from their cells during a unrecorded broadcast of "Banfield," describing the conditions astatine the State Correctional Institution Huntingdon successful Pennsylvania.
"Luigi's conditions suck," inmates shouted to NewsNation's Caprariello. "Free Luigi." They besides said Mangione doesn’t person a tv successful his compartment and expressed their tendency for him to waive his extradition challenge.
Mangione has a compartment to himself and is kept distant from different inmates. The situation menu, which inmates shouted was "terrible," includes fruit, grits, scrambled eggs, and "porcupine meatballs" for lunch, a crockery made from crushed beef and rice.
Gene Borrello, a erstwhile organized transgression subordinate who spent 13 years down bars, including 4 astatine Rikers, described the conditions astatine the New York City situation arsenic the "most unsafe successful America."
He warns that if Mangione is transferred to Rikers, helium volition look harsh realities, including substandard food, unsanitary conditions, and information concerns.
"You person to ticker your backmost each day," Borrello said connected "Banfield." "There's nary structure. It's conscionable implicit chaos. ... It's nonstop stabbings and pack unit wherever the cops are frightened to travel to work. It's a spot you privation to avoid."
Fingerprints taken from Mangione lucifer those recovered connected a h2o vessel adjacent the spot successful New York City where United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally changeable past week. The h2o vessel was successful an alleyway Mangione allegedly ran to aft the shooting, sources told NewsNation section affiliate WPIX.
Thompson, 50, was killed conscionable earlier 7 a.m. Dec. 4 near a Midtown Hilton Hotel portion helium was walking to UnitedHealth Group’s yearly capitalist meeting.
NYPD officers searched for the gunman successful New York and Georgia. On Dec. 9, constabulary successful Altoona, Pennsylvania, responded to reports of a antheral matching authorities’ statement of the fishy astatine a section McDonalds.
It was determination that Mangione was arrested. The NYPD said Mangione matched the statement authorities were searching for and that helium had with him a mask, firearm, suppressor and fake New Jersey ID that connected him to the shooting.
New reporting shows Mangione besides had a manifesto and spiral notebook with a “to-do” list. Mangione allegedly wrote successful the manifesto helium acted unsocial and that helium “apologizes for immoderate strife oregon traumas, but it had to beryllium done.”
“Frankly, these parasites had it coming,” the manifesto says.
Luigi Mangione’s extradition hearing
As helium was escorted into a Pennsylvania courthouse Tuesday aft his arrest, Mangione shouted to reporters gathered outside.
“It’s wholly an injustice and an insult to the American people,” helium said.
During his extradition proceeding Tuesday, Mangione tried to interrupt and speech with his attorney, Thomas Dickey.
The authorities of Pennsylvania is pursuing a governor’s warrant for 26-year-old Mangione. That process could instrumentality 30 days, particularly arsenic Mangione is trying to combat it.
NewsNation's Alex Caprariello, Brian Entin and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
